Actinides - p.5

ACTINIDES

Sebastian Yates
Scott Dykstra
Peter Cline
Period 6/7
Group 2/3

berkelium sample

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The actinide group is a solid, specificly a metal.


ELEMENTS of ACTINIDES INTERESTING FACTS Uses
uranium (U) Uranium was used in the Atomic bomb.
Americium is used in smoke-detecters and X-rays.
thorium (Th) Neptunium was the first element discovered after uranium.
protactinium (Pa) Plutonium changes into 6 phases depending on the tempurature it is at.
actinium (Ac)
neptunium (U)
plutonium (Pu)
americium (Am)
curium (Cm)
berkelium (Bk)
californium (Cf)
einsteinium(Es)
fermium (Fm)
mendelevium (Md)
nobelium (No)
lawrencium (Lr)

3 phisical properties
Uranium is the last and heaviest metal that is natural.
Plutonium is a slivery metal.
Plutonium is a slivery metal also.

3 chemical properties
All of the actinides are radioactive.
Plutoium tarnishes in air
Protactium is toxic

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